Shanaze Reade World Champion X3!

A big shout out to Shanaze Reade for her performance at the worlds on a BMX at the weekend. In her first season in Senior Women she totally killed her opposition.

She must be one of the best riders out there on a bike at the moment to be able to win a gold medal on the track bike and on a BMX all within a few months of each other.

There is some great footage of her on www.bmx2day.com. Unfortunately all the writing is in gobbledegook but you can work out where the videos are (or click this windows media movie link).

You can also see Kelvin Batey ride in the Elite Cruiser final which took him from fourth to third on the final straight. and if you still have time after that check out the Elite Men's 20" final, quickest thing I've ever seen.

Now will some one please get Shanaze a mountain bike to see if she can put the world to shame on the four cross a fort bill. as long as she doesn't race senior men in an NPS 4X event I would be much appreciated.

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Gareth.